The phrase "exceptions to the guidelines" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You might use it when you are referring to rules or guidelines that have certain conditions or circumstances in which they do not apply. For example, "Management has identified several exceptions to the guidelines that allow employees to take additional time off."
Originally, the Heckscher sought such approval, by asking for an exception to the guidelines, and seeking permission to use some of the proceeds from the proposed sale directly for building an expansion.
All exceptions to these guidelines should be discussed with the DGS or DGSA.
The Policy Committee on Science and Technology may make exceptions to the application of the guidelines to situations already existing on that date to relieve hardship on investigators in particular instances or to honor agreements that include a relatively short period after that date.
Exceptions to these guidelines may include authorship for certain multidisciplinary studies, multi-institutional studies, and Levels I or II studies (prospective studies that involve more planning and organization and rigor).
But in order to feed the company's continued growth, the S.E.C. contends, the three began to progressively loosen the company's lending standards, writing and selling more loans that were exceptions to the company's written guidelines without disclosing the changes to investors.
Note in particular that under University guidelines, exceptions to the TOEFL- score criteria appearing in the self-evaluation guidelines will be granted only in extraordinary cases.
For environmental restoration, local provenances are usually the best adapted material, although exceptions to the 'local is best' guideline may increase with climate change.
BEIJING — A corps of 500,000 bureaucrats enforces China's family planning regulations, a sometimes-bewildering rulebook that includes more than 20 exceptions to the one-child-per-family guideline.
